Fladstrand Kirke

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Coordinates: 57 ° 27 ′ 1.9 ″  N , 10 ° 32 ′ 4 ″  E

Fladstrand Kirke with cemetery and bell tower
Altar of the Fladstrand Kirke
Organ of the Fladstrand Kirke

The Fladstrand Kirke ( Fladstrand Church ) is together with the Abildgård Kirke parish church of the Danish Abildgård parish in Frederikshavn . This belongs to the Danish national church in the Frederikshavn Provsti of the diocese of Aalborg .

history

The Fladstrand Kirke was built between 1688 and 1690. The consecration was made on April 24, 1690 by Bishop Heinrich Bornemann . Originally the Fladstrand Kirke was the only church for the fishing village of Fladstrand and later for the city of Frederikshavn . With the great growth of Frederikshavn, a larger church was eventually necessary, so in 1892 the Frederikshavn Kirke was inaugurated. The Fladstrand Kirke with its adjoining cemetery was only used as a chapel for burials.

At the beginning of the 20th century the Bangsbostrand Kirke was built in the south of Frederikshavn to relieve the Frederikshavn Kirke .

After the Second World War, Frederikshavn continued to grow rapidly, so that in 1964 the parish Frederikshavn was divided into Abildgård Sogn , Bangsbostrand Sogn and Frederikshavn Sogn . The Abildgård parish initially received Fladstrand Kirke as a parish church, which was too small, so that the cornerstone of Abildgård Kirke was finally laid on Thursday, August 7, 1969 by the then Aalborg Bishop Erik Jensen. The three Frederikshavner parishes take turns holding church services in Fladstrand Kirke.

architecture

The church, consecrated in 1690, has largely been preserved in its external appearance. The current belfry with the bronze bell from 1687 was not built until the 20th century. Due to woodworm infestation, the entire inventory of the church had to be renewed in 2008. As part of this, a new roof structure and an auxiliary building were erected on the north side. The altar from 1868, which showed Jesus at the Sea of ​​Galilee, could not be preserved. In its place is a modern altar made of a block of granite with altar panels by Seppo Mattinen. The organ comes from Marcussen & Søn and has 16 voices distributed over two manuals and pedal.

Web links

Commons : Fladstrand Kirke  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Munk Petersen, Hans (1987): Kirker i Frederikshavn Kommune. Årbog 1986. Frederikshavn: Bangsbomuseet.